books.google.ca - P.R. Cavill offers a major reinterpretation of early Tudor constitutional history. In the grand 'Whig' tradition, the parliaments of Henry VII were a disappointing retreat from the onward march towards parliamentary democracy. The king was at best indifferent and at worst hostile to parliament; its meetings...https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_English_Parliaments_of_Henry_VII_148.html?id=KuDpHzAZj7wC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe English Parliaments of Henry VII 1485-1504